More Terry and Bill
The Terry Gross and Bill O’ Reilly discussion continues on the internet. Signal vs. Noise, a blog mostly focused on web design, usability, etc. currently has 56 comments about the interview. Here are some good ones:
“O’Reilly was hilarious; he reminded me of a high-school bully. All bluster, intimidation, and thin-skinned defensiveness. The only valid point he made was that Terry Gross hadn’t grilled Al Franken in the same way, and thus he had grounds for feeling unfairly treated. But if he had nothing to hide, then why should he have felt uncomfortable being questioned?”
“I am such a geek! When I first read this, I thought, “Why in the hell would Tim O’Reilly get in a fight with Terry Gross over his tech book publishing?” I glanced over the first few comments and it still didn’t make sense. It makes MUCH more sense after reading the Fresh Air link that Bill O’Reilly would be mixing it up.”
“Terry Gross was, from the out-set, obviously uncomfortable and off balance compared to how she usually conducts interviews. She fumbled her words, spoke in circles, and generally had a difficult time getting down to the root question at hand. To my ears, she was unprepared and anxious about interviewing O’Reilly.
Truth be told, I listened to the interview expecting O’Reilly to be a prick. But Gross was clearly looking to goose O’Reilly.”